Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s wedding plans are moving along, with buzz that the intimate ceremony may take place at a Greek Orthodox Church in Pennsylvania Aniston used to frequent as a child.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who can watch the watchmen?"No one is paying attention to your post reports"Why do posters that claim to have me blocked keep sending me pms and responding to my posts? That makes no sense.

Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

Is she getting married in that particular one because of some profound sentimental reason(s), or just because she hasn't been in one since childhood so she really has no other place she can do it? Nevermind, I don't need to know...

It was Gov. Carey's second wife who married in the Greek Orthodox Church for the 4th time. Whoever posted the twitter content on the greekreporter.com site was mistaken.

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And he [Gov. Carey] was embarrassed by his wedding to Evangeline Gouletas, a wealthy real estate investor, who seemed to have miscounted how many former husbands she had, including an apparent bigamist (which called into question the sanctity of her latest marriage in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church).

"I blame myself," Mr. Carey said. "In my religion, you're supposed to get the consent of the faith. I was told that because of who I was, I didn't have to worry about it. I owed it to the people and to my family to be more careful, and I paid for it. It's one reason I didn't run again."

In the interview, he described that marriage as his biggest mistake, ....

What she does has no impact on my whatsoever, but, I care enough to wish her and her future husband a happy life together.

Who knows, perhaps getting married in an Orthodox Church might spark a yearning in her, and make an absolute positive difference in her life....and result in her becoming an even better Orthodox Christian.

...and that is something we should wish for everyone.

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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s wedding plans are moving along, with buzz that the intimate ceremony may take place at a Greek Orthodox Church in Pennsylvania Aniston used to frequent as a child.

has she been to a Greek Orthodox Church-or any Orthodox Church (any Church?)-since then?

Hopefully maybe repentance. Many Years!

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I just do not like this discussion: are we turning into a gossip sheet?

But we don't want the Orthodox Church to turn into a Destination Wedding venue for Hollywood celebs. I think it is fair to ask questions about things that are out there already, like their history of marriages. Because for most non-Orthodox and non-Christians, this is the only time they will even peek into our Church. Why would we want to give them a bad or wrong impression?

No; her first marriage was not blessed in the Orthodox Church; thus, it is not a recognized marriage by the Church. Her father, actor John Aniston, was reported at the time of that marriage to be disappointed that she did not get married in the Orthodox Church.

Ms. Aniston claims membership in the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles. A previous poster notes that she "was chrismated" in the Orthodox Church; she was baptized in the Orthodox Church and chrismated when she was a baby, and yes, actor Telly Savalas was her Godfather.

All of us sin, no one knows if Ms. Aniston sins more or less than any of us who are commenting on her apparent plans to marry in the church. If indeed she is planning a wedding in a church of her faith of Holy Orthodoxy, that's a good thing.

I just do not like this discussion: are we turning into a gossip sheet?

But we don't want the Orthodox Church to turn into a Destination Wedding venue for Hollywood celebs. I think it is fair to ask questions about things that are out there already, like their history of marriages. Because for most non-Orthodox and non-Christians, this is the only time they will even peek into our Church. Why would we want to give them a bad or wrong impression?

REAL WORLD ALERT: Destination Wedding is a common event in most parishes.

So what about the canon that if you miss the Divine Liturgy for 3 weeks you are excommunicated?

Or does it not matter in the St. Sophia Cathedral since so many celebs go there, is there a clause for that?

The lovely Ms. Aniston may have been in church last Sunday.

Please tell me, which of the Holy Orthodox Churches today excommunicates (or has them worship from the Narthex--I can't recall the sanction from this canon) its faithful who are in violation of the canon you cited? If you would respond that those who miss three consecutive Sunday Divine Liturgy services are automatically excommunicated, I submit they are admitted to Holy Communion, routinely, by priests and bishops.

By the way, I am my parish's (500 members +/-) Chanter for sacraments, and have been in excess of 37 years. I frequently do not recognize the marital couple, or often, recognize them from their youth when their parents brought them to church and they attended Sunday Church School. It is quite common for couples to join the church for the purpose of their wedding.

Excommunication based on the cited canonical authority is not a one way ticket out of the Church. Reconciliation through repentance, confession and absolution are the means by which one may cure one's spiritual illnesses and return to the fullness of the faith. Are any of us such that we may cast the proverbial first stone? If Ms. Aniston is indeed a fallen away soul, and I daresay no one here knows that, instead of being snarky and mean spirited about this we should rejoice and be glad, just like the father of the prodigal son. Don't any of you listen to the readings and homilies leading up to the Fast?

So what about the canon that if you miss the Divine Liturgy for 3 weeks you are excommunicated?

Or does it not matter in the St. Sophia Cathedral since so many celebs go there, is there a clause for that?

The lovely Ms. Aniston may have been in church last Sunday.

Please tell me, which of the Holy Orthodox Churches today excommunicates (or has them worship from the Narthex--I can't recall the sanction from this canon) its faithful who are in violation of the canon you cited? If you would respond that those who miss three consecutive Sunday Divine Liturgy services are automatically excommunicated, I submit they are admitted to Holy Communion, routinely, by priests and bishops.

By the way, I am my parish's (500 members +/-) Chanter for sacraments, and have been in excess of 37 years. I frequently do not recognize the marital couple, or often, recognize them from their youth when their parents brought them to church and they attended Sunday Church School. It is quite common for couples to join the church for the purpose of their wedding.

It's none if our business when and how often she's attended Liturgy. That's between her, God and her pastor/Father Confessor.

Judge not, lest you be judged.

As for the canon, I believe said person is readmitted to the fold via Holy Confession.

Besides this particular canon, there are dozens we don't uphold these days. Let us hope we won't be judged too harshly for that.

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So an Orhtodox Christian can be one that hasn't been to Church in 20 years, but in that period of time can you really call them Orthodox?

Yes we should be happy like the prodigal son, but there seems to be a whole lot of assumptions here based on where she stands religiously.

All I asked were hypotheticals.

To what end?

Oh the fact a few here are all open arms on their "return" the Church just because they get married. And somehow in that span of time she is still an Orthodox Christian? So are you saying if I have a lapse of 13 years before taking communion again, that makes me Orthodox?

This kind of goes back to what makes one a Christian. If all it takes to be Orthodox is to show up to Church to get married, well we have much larger problems here and this is exactly systemic of Christianity in the States.

Let's take a guess the next time they take communion after they get married.

Let's not judge them? Yet we judge other folks all the time if they are Christian are not, point the finger right back at yourself physician.

It's ok though, we can't judge celebrities but for others its fine.

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Oh the fact a few here are all open arms on their "return" the Church just because they get married. And somehow in that span of time she is still an Orthodox Christian? So are you saying if I have a lapse of 13 years before taking communion again, that makes me Orthodox?

If 13 years passed since I received Communion, I wouldn't walk into an Orthodox Church and expect to be communed. I'd want to talk with an Orthodox Priest and follow his direction which may include Confession or perhaps Chrismation.

This kind of goes back to what makes one a Christian. If all it takes to be Orthodox is to show up to Church to get married, well we have much larger problems here and this is exactly systemic of Christianity in the States.

That's not true. Do you realize how many fake stories about Jennifer Aniston exist? For example, she's been expecting a baby for 20 years according to US and People magazines; yet, no baby for Ms. Aniston,